Hopewell High School Football Notebook- September 2nd

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The Hopewell HS football team will look to remain undefeated this Friday as they travel to take on the Ambridge Bridgers at Moe Rubenstein Stadium.

In a game highlighted by a long-weather delay, Hopewell defeated Ambridge last season 35-34 in OT, but something tells me that the game won’t be as close this season. I’ll get into that later on in the week when I give my game prediction.

Until then, Vikings Sports Now wanted to pass along some news and notes concerning the Hopewell football team.

–Over the weekend, a few members of the team made GameDay visits to Power 4 college football programs.
*Sophomore quarterback James Armstrong received an invite to attend Penn State’s 2025 opener against Nevada.

Thank you @LemmingReport for having me out and for @PennStateFball for having me at the game I had a great time @CoachTerryPSU @DannyOBrienQB @coachjfranklin @HopewellSport @210ths @wpialsportsnews @WPIAL_Insider pic.twitter.com/XJD1mJ3Abk

— James “Booboo” Armstrong (@Armstrong_Qb) August 31, 2025

*Three Hopewell players were in Morgantown for West Virginia’s season opener against the Robert Morris Colonials. Sophomore running back Nasir Wade, junior defensive tackle Keith Young and junior linebacker George Tafkov received invites to watch the Mountaineers. Considering all three of these players have another season of high school, it’ll be interesting to see if anything more develops between them and West Virginia. Wade currently holds D-1 offers from Akron and Buffalo.

*Here’s an updated look at the Hopewell Football team and individual stats.

I can’t list them all but here are some of the highlights:

TEAM STATISTICS:
*Hopewell has outscored their opponents 87-6
*Total First Downs: Hopewell 31 Opponents 14
*Rushing yards: Hopewell 417 Opponents 141
*Passing yards: Hopewell 449 Opponents 182
*Hopewell has only had to punt once this season

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS:
*Nasir Wade– 19 rushes for 168 yards, 2 TD’s, 6 catches for 65 yards

*James Armstrong– 26 rushes for 195 yards, 5 rushing TD’s
38 pass attempts, 30 completions for 447 yards, 3 TD’s and 0 interceptions

*Josh Brunton- 5 rushes for 32 yards, 1 TD

*Logan Triscila– 8 catches for 138 yards and 1 TD

*Tre Cameron– 6 catches for 106 yards and 1 TD

*Kingston Krotec– 4 catches for 61 yards and 1 TD

*Avery Bokor– 4 catches for 53 yards

*George Tafkov- 14 tackles, 1 sack, 1 interception

*Nick Thomas– 13 tackles, 3 tackles for loss

*Keith Young- 9 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1 sack

*Justin Obeldobel- 8 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 fumble recovery

*Avery Bokor– 7 tackles, 1 tackle for loss

*Aris Haniotes- 6 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 tackle for loss

*Zander Muzy- 6 tackles, 1 tackle for loss

*Nasir Wade- 5 tackles, 1 tackle for loss

*Tyler Schroeder- 5 tackles, 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss

*On Sunday, local media outlets and websites released their latest rankings and take a look at where Hopewell is ranked.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
1) Avonworth
2) Imani Christian
3) North Catholic
4) Elizabeth Forward
5) HOPEWELL

Pittsburgh Tribune Review:
1) Avonworth
2) Imani Christian
3) HOPEWELL 
4) Elizabeth Forward
5) North Catholic

Pittsburgh Union Progress:
(Publications of Striking Post-Gazette Writers)
1) Avonworth
2) Imani Christian
3) North Catholic
4) Elizabeth Forward
5) HOPEWELL

WPIAL SPORTSMEN:
1) Imani Christian
2) Avonworth
3) HOPEWELL 
4) Elizabeth Forward
5) North Catholic